Shipping-box.



N0. 693,3". v Patented Feb. Il, |902.

A.E. PIPER.

SHIPPING BOX.

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w/TNESSES f /N vE/.v 70H i UNITED' STATES PATENT" OFFICE.

ASA E. PIPER, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

SHIPPING-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N. 693,311, dated February11, 1902.

Application lcd'October 3,1901. Serial No. 77.397. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern):

Be it known that I, ASA E. PIPER, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Bualo, in the county of Erie and State of New York,haveinvented a new and Improved Shipping-Box, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in boxes for holding and shippingproducesuch, for instance, as butter-and the object is to provide a boxof the knockdown variety that may be manufactured at acornparativelyvsmall cost and that will occupy but little space when opened and spreadout for reship-` ment.

I will describe a shipping-box embodying my invention, and then pointout the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a shipping-box embodying my invention;and Fig. 2 is a plan View thereof, showing the box as openlor spreadout.

The box comprises a bottom board 1, a top board 2, the opposite sideboards 3 4, and the opposite side boards 5 6. The bottom board 1 hashinge connections 7 with the side board 3, and the top board 2 has hingeconnections 8 with said side board 3. The side'boards 5 and 6 arerespectively hinged to the side. board 3 by means of the hinges 9 10,while the side board 4 is connected to the side board 6 by means ofhinges 11. The side board' is provided with haspsA 12 for engaging withstaples 13 on the side board 4. TheV bottom 1 is provided with hasps 14for engaging with staples 15 at the lower end of the-.side board 4, andthe top 2 is provided with hasps 16 for engaging with staples 17 on saidsideboard 4.

When the several sections are folded together and the hasps engage withthe staples, pins 18 are passed through the staples, as clearly shown inFig. 1. The top may be pro vided with a handle 19,` and opposite sideshandles 20.

When the several sections are knocked .down or spread out, as indicatedin Fig. 2,

for reshipment and as the several sections are of uniform thickness, itis obvious that their upper and lower sides will be in the same planes,and therefore several boxes may be packed together closely forreshipment.

In shipping butter, if desired, a lining of suitable paper may be placedin the box, and when it is desiredto remove the butter it is onlynecessary to release the several sections and then the cake of buttermay be readily cut into pound or other cakes, as desired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A shipping-box, comprising four side boards hingedtogether, a topboard hinged to one of the side boards, a handle on thetop board, a bottom board hinged to one of the side boards, hasps on oneof the side boards, staples on one of the side boards for engagf ingwith said hasps, hasps on the top and bottom boards, and staples on saidside board with which said last-named hasps engage, substantially asspecified.

t 2. A Shipping-box having fourside boards' hinged together, a top boardhinged to one of the side boards, a bottom board hinged to one of theside boards, hasps on one of the side boards, staples on one of the sideboards for engaging with said hasps, hasps on the top and bottom boards,and staples on said side boards with which said last-named hasps engage,the several boards being of equal thickness, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 'name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

' ASA E. PIPER.

Witnesses:

EDWIN ROWLEY, C. L. BROOKS.

